Story: Plane Food (OOP 2)

“Can I have two fish tacos please? Along with some salsa verde… nothing too spicy, and do you have horchata?” Willie was born in 1979 in San Francisco, California, where shortly after he started scribbling on anything within reach. While his older sister ate snails, and his oldest sister hair sprayed her bangs, Willie managed to capture his 5th grade teacher’s ‘likeness’ in his drawings. He was suspended from school. In 1997 Willie’s high school English teacher was also aware of his ability to not pay attention in class. Instead of suspending him she encouraged him to join an after school program called ‘Student Illustrators’ where Willie illustrated book reports, hand lettered banners, and even got paid with books and art supplies! ‘I could do this for a living!’ he thought. After spending way too many years in college, Willie finally graduated in 2005 from the Academy of Art College in SF. He now resides in NYC where he gets to throw objects at the super talented artists he works with. Willie’s a pretty lucky guy… besides doing what he loves to do for a living, Willie finally gets to enjoy his tacos.

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